Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-25
A Detective Gets stuck.
New York letter.

Mr. Finn is member of the Brooklyn
detective force. A few days ago he was
detailedto work up jewelry robbery on
Second Place. He soon got on the trail
of the jewelry and followed it upstairs,
down stairs, and finally coIIalled the trail
up chimney. Most men would have
halted here, for the chimney was dirty.
Not so Mr.. finn. He girded up hisl
and his trousers and "shinned," so to
speak, up the chimney. Here victory
was his reward, for he found the jewelry.
There being no further use for the CHM
ney he proceeded to depart.
But he didn't proceed far. The lady
Of the house stood at the bottom of the
chimney awaiting him, but still he tar
ried. And while he fingered word was
brought that telegraph lineman on the
roof had been frightened almost ont
Of his senses by a ghostly stream of sui
/ phurous profanity which had welled up
/ from the chimney. They adjourned to
the roof, and though the tones were
unified, there was no installing their
/ import. Then it was correctly sur
missed that Mr.. Finn was stuck in the
chimney, and was fain to depart.
Now. there were two methods of get
ting him ont. The liueman suggested
/ that If cork was stuck in the neck of n
/ bottle, and you couldn't pull it ont, you
might punch it with pencil. Applying
this principle ON larger scale, he
/ thought that if you took long pole and
! poked it down the chimney and punched
/ the gentleman you would dslodge him.
Accordingly a pole was hauled to the
top of the house, and the lineman
punched down the chimney. His first
! effort missed, but the second effort was
more successful, for there issued from
/ the depths below q series of statements
well calculated to shiyer the laws Of
Moses.
Then il was suggested that may be, If
You couldn't push Mr.. Finn out, you
might pull HIM out. \ manservant,
/ therefore, climbed up little way in the
chimney and took hold of Mr.. Firms
/ leg. Another servant took hold Of the
first servant, and the lineman put his arm
around the second servants waist. 1t
was suggested that the ladies, too, might
be Cf use in this way, but the suggestion
was received with some degree of scorn,
and therefore abandoned.
Subdued but energetic remarks from
above recalled to all the necessity of
prompt action. Then there was long
pull, strong pull. and pull altogether,
and, with mighty crash, down came
the first servant with Mr.. Firms left
boot. 1t was carefully laid aside to be
sent to his family as a lasting relic, il
nothing more was recovered.
Then, all of a sudden, it occurred to
some one to drop around TO police head
quarters and report the state of affairs.
I This was done, and III ten minutes Of
/ ficer Fleiscbman arrived. He cast an
eye up the chimney. sent little plea
santry up 10 his brother officer, stepped
on box, and took holdof Mr. Firms legs.
Then he said bed bring down the
detective or the chimney. He pulled,
and as il was case OF either Mr.. Finn
or the brick-work coming down, Mr.
Finn came But the lineman had dis
creetly withdrawn. Mr.. Finn then took
the jewelry 10 headquarters and reported.
MIR. Fleischman took Mr.. Finn to head
quarters and reported. Mr.. Finn has
been complimented on his devotion TO
duty.